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HOW TO FIGHT LIKE A CHRISTIAN – PART 2LUKE 17:1-10 (ESV) 3 Pay attention to yourselves! If your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him, 4 and if he sins against you seven times in the day, and turns to you seven times, saying, ‘I repent,’ you must forgive him.”WHAT FORGIVENESS IS:And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. 14 For if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you, 15 but if you do not forgive others their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses. (Matthew 6:14-15)Recognizing that something was taken from youUnderstanding what was taken from youDeciding that the person that harmed you doesn’t owe you anymore. (Debt Cancelled)NOTES:_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________WHAT FORGIVENESS IS NOT:23?So if?you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you,?24?leave your gift there before the altar and go. First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift. (Matthew 5:23-24)15 “If your brother (a fellow believer) sins against you, go and tell him his fault, between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained your brother. (Matthew 18:15)FORGIVENESS IS NOT RECONCILIATION16 But if he does not listen, take one or two others along with you, that every charge may be established by the evidence of two or three witnesses. 17 If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church. And if he refuses to listen even to the church, let him be to you as a Gentile and a tax collector.Whoever meddles in a quarrel not his own is like one who takes a passing dog by the ears (Proverbs 26:17)NOTES:_______________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________Strive for peace with everyone, and for the holiness without which no one will see the Lord (Hebrews 12:14)FORGIVENESS IS NOT FORGETTINGNOTES:_______________________________________________________________FORGIVENESS IS NOT IGNORING THE PAIN OF THE OFFENSEFORGIVENESS IS NOT INSTANT RESTORATION OF TRUSTFORGIVENESS IS NOT NEGLECTING JUSTICE“Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave it to the wrath of God, for it is written, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord.” (Romans 12:19)NOTES:__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________FORGIVENESS IS NOT A FEELING; IT’S A DECISION a.__________________________________________________________________b. ________________________________________________________________ c._________________________________________________________________FORGIVENESS IS NOT “ONE AND DONE”21 Then Peter came up and said to Him, “Lord, how often will my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? As many as seven times?” 22 Jesus said to him, “I do not say to you seven times, but seventy-seven times.” (Matthew 18:21-22)NOTES:__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Objection #1 – “I Can’t”The apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith!” 6 And the Lord said, “If you had faith like a grain of mustard seed, you could say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it would obey you. (Luke 17:5-6)Objection #2 – “I Won’t”7 “Will any one of you who has a servant plowing or keeping sheep say to him when he has come in from the field, ‘Come at once and recline at table’? 8 Will he not rather say to him, ‘Prepare supper for me, and dress properly, and serve me while I eat and drink, and afterward you will eat and drink’? 9 Does he thank the servant because he did what was commanded? 10 So you also, when you have done all that you were commanded, say, ‘We are unworthy servants; we have only done what was our duty.’”WHY WE FORGIVE – He Has21 For our sake He made Him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God. (2 Corinthians 5:21)And Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.” (Luke 23:34)HOW TO FIGHT LIKE A CHRISTIAN – PART 2LUKE 17:1-10 (ESV) 3 Pay attention to yourselves! If your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him, 4 and if he sins against you seven times in the day, and turns to you seven times, saying, ‘I repent,’ you must forgive him.”WHAT FORGIVENESS IS:And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. 14 For if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you, 15 but if you do not forgive others their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses. (Matthew 6:14-15)Recognizing that something was taken from youUnderstanding what was taken from youDeciding that the person that harmed you doesn’t owe you anymore. (Debt Cancelled)NOTES:_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________WHAT FORGIVENESS IS NOT:23?So if?you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you,?24?leave your gift there before the altar and go. First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift. (Matthew 5:23-24)15 “If your brother (a fellow believer) sins against you, go and tell him his fault, between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained your brother. (Matthew 18:15)FORGIVENESS IS NOT ______________________________________16 But if he does not listen, take one or two others along with you, that every charge may be established by the evidence of two or three witnesses. 17 If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church. And if he refuses to listen even to the church, let him be to you as a Gentile and a tax collector.Whoever meddles in a quarrel not his own is like one who takes a passing dog by the ears (Proverbs 26:17)NOTES:_______________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________Strive for peace with everyone, and for the holiness without which no one will see the Lord (Hebrews 12:14)FORGIVENESS IS NOT ____________________________________NOTES:_______________________________________________________________FORGIVENESS IS NOT _______________________________ THE PAIN OF THE OFFENSEFORGIVENESS IS NOT INSTANT RESTORATION OF _________________________FORGIVENESS IS NOT NEGLECTING ______________________________“Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave it to the wrath of God, for it is written, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord.” (Romans 12:19)NOTES:__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________FORGIVENESS IS NOT A _____________________________; IT’S A DECISION a.__________________________________________________________________b. ________________________________________________________________ c._________________________________________________________________FORGIVENESS IS NOT ____________________________________________________21 Then Peter came up and said to Him, “Lord, how often will my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? As many as seven times?” 22 Jesus said to him, “I do not say to you seven times, but seventy-seven times.” (Matthew 18:21-22)NOTES:__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Objection #1 – “I Can’t”The apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith!” 6 And the Lord said, “If you had faith like a grain of mustard seed, you could say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it would obey you. (Luke 17:5-6)Objection #2 – “I Won’t”7 “Will any one of you who has a servant plowing or keeping sheep say to him when he has come in from the field, ‘Come at once and recline at table’? 8 Will he not rather say to him, ‘Prepare supper for me, and dress properly, and serve me while I eat and drink, and afterward you will eat and drink’? 9 Does he thank the servant because he did what was commanded? 10 So you also, when you have done all that you were commanded, say, ‘We are unworthy servants; we have only done what was our duty.’”WHY WE FORGIVE – He Has21 For our sake He made Him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God. (2 Corinthians 5:21)And Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.” (Luke 23:34) ................
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